This January 13, 2022 will look like Black Thursday in schools. To protest against the government’s management of the health crisis, all the National Education unions are calling for a strike.
Health pass, self-tests, certificate… Faced with the health protocol announced by the government, the teachers are exasperated and they let it be known. Thus, all of the National Education unions are calling for a strike on Thursday, January 13, 2022. Primary schools, colleges and high schools are affected by this movement which provides for the closure of classes and schools. And if the parents of students must be informed in advance, Guislaine David warns. In the columns of Parisian, the general secretary of Snuipp-Fsu said: “In the specific case of the strike this Thursday, it could be that all the teachers of the schools who want to strike, given their level of fed-up do not respect the 48 hours notice “. As also recalled by the rectorate of the Academy of Lille in Lille News: “Each teacher is under the obligation to declare his intention to take part in the strike at least 48 hours including at least one working day before participating in the strike “.
Will the minimum service be guaranteed during the strike of January 13, 2022?
Parents might not be with a surprise. Yes The Parisian specifies that “the 2008 law” on minimum service “requires town halls to welcome children in the event of the closure of schools linked to the strike”, the health crisis could well be a game-changer. With the high rate of absenteeism among municipal staff due to teleworking and Covid-19 patients, this on-call system seems compromised in advance. Thus, lawyer Caroline Heubès announces: “This Thursday, it is likely to be a very complicated day for parents everywhere in France.”
While some schools remain open, there is no guarantee that evening study, boarding schools and the canteen will not be maintained. Again this “will depend on the school life leaders who depend on the National Education and who must also give 48 hours’ notice in advance if they are on strike”, said the lawyer. Before warning: “You might have to pick up your child this Thursday at lunchtime if the Canteen is closed or pick it up from 4 pm if the study is not guaranteed.”
The rant of the unions against Jean Castex
In a statement, the Snuipp-FSU (the National Unitary Union of Teachers, School Teachers) deplored: “The situation since the start of the January school year has created an indescribable mess and a strong feeling of abandonment and anger among school staff.” While regretting that “during the health meeting [organisée jeudi], the Minister remained deaf once again to the demands made by the trade unions to secure the school “. So he called “school staff” to go on strike on Thursday, January 13 “in the face of chaos but also contempt and lies, to obtain the conditions of a secure school under Omicron”. But also “to go on strike in schools, colleges and high schools, on January 13, to make the minister understand that the school and its staff can no longer keep up with impractical and changing protocols from day to day”.
For his part, the Minister of National Education called for “the unity of the nation around its school”. “It’s not a strike that solves the problems, you don’t go on strike against a virus. I know there is a lot of fatigue, a lot of nervousness, so I appeal to both blood – cold, to the unity of the nation around his school, not to confuse the subjects, we are in a presidential campaign, some opponents are trying to make it a theme “, said Jean-Michel Blanquer on BFMTV, Tuesday January 11, 2022.
The three measures announced by Jean Castex to simplify the health protocol in schools
The call to strike follows new measures “simplification” announced by Jean Castex. On the set of 20 hours of France 2, Monday January 10, 2022, he assured to have “heard the concerns expressed by parents, teachers, school directors.” His goal : “Keep schools open as much as possible”. To do this, he set up “three simplification and flexibility measures”. The first : “When a positive case is tested in a class (…) we ask all the other children to test themselves. In these cases, we do not immediately ask the parents to come and pick up their child, we will wait for the school trip”. The second concerns children in contact.
The latter will only have to “use three self-tests”: “If your child is a contact case, a certificate will be issued to you by the school. It will give access to 3 free self-tests in pharmacies”. Finally, the Prime Minister addressed the parents who will no longer have to provide a certificate for each negative test. “We will ask for a certificate once and for all, to simplify the life of parents and teachers.”
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